I’m not sure, would need to see a video to be able to answer your question…as I’ve had more time to think about it, maybe it was a case of me not hitting the rubbered groove consistently with the right side tires…like I said not a track condition we see in this area very often…most tracks are dry high sand content clay where you’re always struggling to find/make bite…
Was it actually a RUBBER GROOVE ? that's pretty rare to see with Karts , was it karts only racing ? when you came off the track your tires looked like you ruined them but come to find out you could brush the rubber coating the tires picked up off with your hand ?
2018 prc minecon 0 LF camber 2- RF camber maxxis pinks 50 duro 1.5 rear stagger 1.25 front stagger 7lbs right sides 5lbs left sides 45.5 nose 60 left 62 cross
Real fine black residue on towels after cleaning with tire cleaner, trail from track exit to scale was coating the tires with powdery dirt so wasn’t able to get a real good look at the tires…
Were there a good many guy's prepping tires did you notice ?
-2* right definitely not too much .
I don’t know, I ran the open class, and where I was pitting was where a lot of the Hoosier tire karts were…mine were rolled internal with millenium red, wiped during the week with trac tag topaz and then was wiping at the track with venom purple and all duro’ed 50
Prc factory specs say 0 LF and 3.5- RF…
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Roger . We a rarely were under 3.5 .Prc factory specs say 0 LF and 3.5- RF…
LR tire showed a lot more wear than the other corners, I would tend to agree with your “slip then grip”,”grip then slip” line of thinking, that’s the best way to describe what I was feeling….roll center of chassis too high for that bitey of a track surface? I’m 6’0 and 240 with back of the seat about 8 3/4 above rear axle…
5-7 on air? Too low of psi can sure make a car take a hop, sure, but if you're missing the line/rubber at points, going up on air and/or split will make it better int he rubber, but worse when you miss it. Was it rolling the right sides under - was that why you went up on right side air and not left side also?
Thanks and God bless,
I think it was a case of my driving, missing the line some laps and hitting it others, as I said, it’s been a LONG time since I had raced on a track that was biting that hard, in some ways, I reminded me of the one and only time I tried running on coke syrup…and I don’t want to talk about how that ended up…5-7 on air? Too low of psi can sure make a car take a hop, sure, but if you're missing the line/rubber at points, going up on air and/or split will make it better int he rubber, but worse when you miss it. Was it rolling the right sides under - was that why you went up on right side air and not left side also?
More left side % can tame it down on high bite.
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